Irregular Migrants
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Closing Roxham Road border crossing will not stop arrival of asylum seekers: TrudeauTrudeau said Thursday that if the crossing point at Roxham Road, south of Montreal, were closed, irregular migrants would cross Canada's long border elsewhere.CanadaMay 12, 2022
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Coronavirus: Trudeau says irregular migrants will be turned away at Canada-U.S. borderThe prime minister announced on Friday that irregular migrants will be turned back to the United States when they reach the Canadian border amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.CanadaMar 20, 2020
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Nigerian sex offender who came to Canada via Roxham Road fights extradition to U.S.Adesanya Prince remains in detention at a Canada Border Services Agency facility north of Montreal.PoliticsOct 29, 2019
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Less than 900 ‘irregular’ asylum seekers removed from Canada since 2017 surgeSince early 2017, more than 45,000 migrants have arrived in Canada irregularly by entering the country mainly through a forest path between New York State and Quebec, avoiding official border checkpoints where they would be turned away and told to file refugee claims in the United States.CanadaJun 28, 2019
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Irregular border crossings into Canada drop by half since same time last yearImmigration officials report a decrease in irregular migration by roughly 46 per cent since this time last year.CanadaJun 24, 2019
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Dominican man dies trying to walk into U.S. from CanadaA Dominican man attempting to walk over the border into the U.S. from Canada died after becoming disorientated in a marshy area of the Quebec woods.CanadaMay 21, 2019
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Canadian immigration system ‘not equipped’ to handle influx of irregular migrants: auditor generalThe spring report by the auditor general found the Canadian immigration system has not been able to handle the spike in claims made by an influx of irregular migrants.PoliticsMay 7, 2019
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U.S. inches closer to allowing talks to amend Safe Third Country AgreementAmerican officials are inching closer to allowing talks to amend the Safe Third Country Agreement with Canada.CanadaApr 1, 2019
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Feds working to deal with backlog of asylum-seeker screenings, Bill Blair saysBorder Security Minister Bill Blair said officials screen all asylum-seekers at the border and that there is no security problem.PoliticsFeb 5, 2019
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